Re: Just play the game.

[Douglas342@xxxxxxx]

  Snoop, while your comments make some sense, there is far more to this than 
what you say.  First, the reason she has made so much less money is that the 
women play for much smaller purses in general.  Tiger won something like 8 
mil is purses last year, while Annika maybe made 5 or 6 mil being far more 
dominant on her tour than Tiger was on his.
    The reason why she won't do very well in comparison to the men is simple: 
 men hit the ball further.  And when you are close to the green, you can 
"work" the ball better - like putting backspin on it so the ball stops on a 
dime.  Annika will be further from the greens and not be able to control the 
ball as well.  She chose this tournament because it puts less premium on 
length, though.  Yet the course would still be one of the three or four 
longest the women play, while it is one of the shortest the men play.
     The part of it that really interests me is the people involved and the 
psychology of it.  Annika says she wants to do this just to be able to 
compare her game to the men's.  She is far and away the #1 female golfer and 
simply wants the comparison.  She is not a publicity hound.  A recent Sports 
Illustrated story pointed out that she is a very pretty lady and could, with 
management, make a lot of money in commercials, but she doesn't - she just 
plays golf.
     And Vijay Singh, who called heron her to quit the tournament?  He won 
this weekend and decided to drop out of next weekend's tournament.  "No 
connection!" he says.
     At any rate, I look forward to this event.  She clearly isn't good 
enough to make a career on the men's tour, but as a personal challenge to 
her, right on sister!